#Brett Carruthers

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"You may call it love, Mr. Carruthers. I should call it selfishness."

Little moments from Granada's The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes S1Ep4 "The Solitary Cyclist" (1984). Dir. Paul Annett. Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes, David Burke as Dr. Watson, Barbara Wilshere as Violet Smith, John Castle as Carruthers, Michael Siberry as Woodley, and Sarah Aitchison as Sarah Carruthers

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Letters From Watson Liveblog - July 29

The Solitary Cyclist, Part 2 of 3

Again, kudos to Miss Smith for being active and deciding to confront her stalker head-on. I wonder what would happen if she caught him, cause depending on who it is she might've been able to solve this case all on her own.

Perhaps if Watson pretended that he was a solicitor of some sort with a highbrow client looking for a house, then the agent would be more willing to share. But who knows if that'd ever work. Maybe if Holmes were there he could pull it off.

Normally I'd say Holmes is being too harsh, but I kind of have to agree with him here, Watson didn't really find out anything important or that they didn't already know. Still, it was fun to have him do some solo investigating.

Well, Miss Smith's situation just got a lot more uncomfortable, even if she says that Mr. Carruthers was understanding of her turning him down. I'm curious as to how common situations like these were back then.

The Victorian version of "I know I look bad, but you should see the other guy." A link to the very enjoyable Jeremy Brett version of this scene, which ends like a fake Internet story with everyone clapping for Holmes.

Was Miss Smith alone or did she have some sort of driver with her? I had assumed the reason she'd be safer with a cart was because they'd also come with a driver of some sort, but maybe not?

Hopefully the tragedy Watson mentioned in the first letter is not a reference to whatever happens to her, though it does not look good right now.

Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3

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3) Rae Carruth Trial: Testimony of Van Brett Watkins

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Listen/purchase: Polyticks (ft. Brett Carruthers) by Ghostfeeder

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Bands & Fairytales! 🌹✨

The Birthday Massacre + Alice In Wonderland! 🐇

“When I used to read fairy tales, I fancied that kind of thing never happened, and now here I am in the middle of one!”

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A PRIMITIVE EVOLUTION Releases Official Music Video for "Ghost"

A PRIMITIVE EVOLUTION Releases Official Music Video for “Ghost”

Toronto, ON based Dark Alternative Rock Band A PRIMITIVE EVOLUTION, fronted by The Birthday Massacre bassist Brett Carruthers, has released the official music video for “Ghost,” off of the band’s latest album, Becoming. Directed by Terra Joy McNerthney and produced by long time collaborator and friend Bailey Northcott, “Ghost” was originally premiered on tastemaker site mxdwn. A song about love…

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THE BIRTHDAY MASSACRE (abbreviated TBM) is a Canadian band that fuses elements of new wave, gothic rock, electronic rock and dark wave, formed in 1999 in London, Ontario, and currently based in Toronto, Ontario. When the band first formed they were known as “Imagica”. This name was inspired by the fantasy novel Imajica (1991) by Clive Barker. In 2002, they changed it to The Birthday Massacre after one of their earlier songs in order to avoid confusion with another group. The song “The Birthday Massacre” was then renamed to “Happy Birthday”. According to their vocalist Chibi: "it kind of works well for the music that we're making. Sort of contrasty, you know? Birthday, and massacre. Light, and dark. Cute, and evil.” They have released nine studio albums: Nothing and Nowhere (2002), Violet (2005), Walking With Strangers (2007), Pins and Needles (2010), Hide and Seek (2012), Superstition (2014), Under Your Spell (2017), Diamonds (2020), and Fascination (2022).They also issued the DVD Blue (2005), the live album/DVD Show and Tell (2009), the demo album Imagica, and the EPs Violet (2004), Looking Glass (2008), Imaginary Monsters (2011). Current members: Sara "Chibi" Taylor – lead vocals (1999–present) Michael Rainbow – rhythm guitar, programming, backing vocals (1999–present) Michael Falcore – lead guitar, programming (1999–present) Owen Mackinder – keyboards, keytar (2005–present) Philip Elliott – drums (2018–present) Brett Carruthers – bass, backing vocals (2019–present), live keyboards (fall 2004) I saw them live on March 1st, 2022 and it was my first live show, as well as getting to interact with them during a meet and greet. They are my favorite music group, been listening since 2009 as I became a fan overnight.

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I’ve been lurking in the Starlight Express fandom for awhile, and its one of the most fun fandoms I’ve been a part of in awhile. So I’ve decided to gift some of my StEx bootlegs so I can give back to the community!

I created a google doc that contains the date, tour, cast, and the link for each bootleg, along with some additional info about file types and other things.

Here are the boots that are listed: (This isn’t my whole collection of StEx boots, but these are just the ones I think people should see. I intend to add more as my collection grows!)

Videos-

September 13, 2003 | 2nd US Tour |

Franklyn Warfield (Rusty), Clarissa Grace (Pearl), Drue Williams (Greaseball), Dustin Dubreuil (Electra), Jaremy Kocal (Caboose) Katie O’Toole (Dinah), Dennis Legree (Papa), Joanna Loughran-Richert (Buffy), Kait Holbrook (Ashley)

January 28, 2015 | Bochum |

Kevin Köhler, Trina Hill, David Moore, Matthew Goodgame, Emma Prosser, Paul Shipp, Ben Draper, Sian Velazquez, Carla Pullen, Toby Poole, Paul Treacy, Jason Gray, Brett Shields, Brad Corben, Cary Chennell, Dean Coach, Kelly Downing, Dawn Leigh Woods, Melanie Brown, Graham Harvey, Elliot Collins, Adam Bailey, Jeffrey Socia, Craig Tyler, Manuel Reckow, Etienne Vogel                                                    Notes: Excellent shoot, taper clearly knows the show. A couple particularly blocky bits couldn’t be smoothed out.

May 31, 2015 | Bochum |

Kevin Köhler (Rusty), Trina Hill (Pearl), Matthew Goodgame (Greaseball), Paul Shipp (Electra), Amy Di Bartolomeo (u/s Dinah), David Moore (Papa), Carla Pullen (Buffy), Victoria Anderson (Ashley), Mike Eborall (u/s Caboose), Dewayne Adams (Hip Hopper 1), Brett Shiels (Hip Hopper 2), Ciaran Rees (Hip Hopper 3), Duncan Leighton (Dustin), Paul Treacy (Flattop), Dean Coach (Krupp), Toby Poole (Purse), Kelly Downing (Joule), Melanie Brown (Wrench), Cate Gunner (u/s Volta), Graham Harvey (Ruhrgold), Jason Gray (u/s Turnov), Adam Bailey (Espresso), Jeffrey Socia (Bobo), Luke Zammit (u/s Hashimoto)                                    Notes: Goodbye show for the 2014/15 cast. This is also the bootleg where that infamous gif of Greaseball and Electra kissing comes from. 

August 27, 2019 | Bochum |

Markus Fetter (Rusty), Hollie Aires (Pearl), Ben Carruthers (Greaseball), Adam Lake (Elektra), Sian Jones (u/s Dinah), Reva Rice (Momma)              Notes: Filmed in portrait mode. You can't make out any faces but you can follow the action and the choreography quite well. Very good audio. Nice to see the changes for the 30th Anniversary of Starlight Express.

Audios-

1984 | West End |

Ray Shell (Rusty), Stephanie Lawrence (Pearl), Jeff Shankley (Greaseball), Jeffry Daniel (Electra),  Frances Ruffelle (Dinah), Lon Satton (Papa), Michael Stanifourth (CB)                                                                      Notes (not Masters notes): This is the only known capture of the original West End cast on stage. It’s not the full OC, as some characters, like Buffy and Dustin have different voices from the cast album, but I can’t verify which understudies they are. The sound is washed out, and there's a slight static sound, but it’s still understandable. I’d recommend this to any fan of the show!

Proshots-

1988 | West End |

Gary Cordice (Rusty), Kim Leeson (Pearl), Drue Williams (Greaseball), Maynard Williams (Electra), Beverley Braybon (Dinah), Shezwae Powell (Belle), Peter Reeves (Caboose)                                                                        Notes: Proshot, Quality is just alright, but there are separate cameras for the race scenes, which look great.

1988 | Bochum |

Steven M Skeels (Rusty), Maria J Hyde (Pearl), Trevor M Georges (Greaseball), Eric Clausell (Electra), Natalie Howard (Dinah), Trevor M Georges (Papa), Carol Hoffman (Buffy), Roslyn Howell (Ashley), Hans Johansson (Caboose), Garry Noakes (Dustin), Michael Rivera (Flattop), Wilton Anderson (Krupp), Christopher Todd (Purse), Janina Baucke (Joule), Louise Conte (Wrench), Leesa Osborn (Volta), Jens Klarskov (Ruhrgold), Hansgeorg Gantert (Turnov), Frido Ruth (Espresso), Allan Edwards (Bobo), Ric Mount (Hashamoto)                                                Notes: Pro-shot press rehearsal

September 8, 1996 | Las Vegas |

Greg Ellis (Rusty), Dawn Marie Church (Pearl), Ron DeVito (Greaseball)  Notes: Last show of the 1995-1996 cast. Pro-shot, filmed with one camera for the cast and crew. Repaired audio.

Now I don’t want this post to get taken down, so I can’t link it here. If you want the list, DM me and I’ll send it to you as soon as I can! I’ll keep the gifting open until Nov 10, and I don’t intend to open it again, so ask me while you can!

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The Bithday Massacre sigue brillando en su octavo album, "Diamonds" (Nota de Tina Benitez, Billboard) -2020-

El guitarrista, Rainbow, describe al último disco de la banda de rock alternativo como "un poquito de escapismo".

"De a poco esto se está convirtiendo en un raro mundo de Howard Hughes donde usamos cajas Kleenex como zapatos", señala Rainbow. "(Pero) la vida podría ser peor."

No, el guitarrista de The Birthday Massacre no se está volviendo loco (no tadavía) por la isolación autoimpuesta. De vuelta a casa, Toronto, tras haber pospuesto el  tour por Reino Unido presentando el octavo disco de la banda, Diamonds (llegando hoy a Metropolis Records); debido a la pandemia del Coronavirus; su ciudad, como gran parte del mundo, está confinada. En Toronto, las cosas se están deshaciendo en vez de arreglándose, dice él, ya que más y más tiendas cierran cada día.

"Las calles están bastante despobladas, y hay casi como una especie de vibra a lo Escape from New York / Kurt Russel", dice Rainvow. "Es muy tranquilo de noche, lo cual es algo bueno. Soy un buo de la noche, así que me gusta la paz. De gira hay ruido todo el tiempo, así que realmente aprecio mis silenciosos momentos nocturnos."

Estando todo más tranquilo en el Easter Front, Raibow pasa la mayor parte de su tiempo en su casa (Incluso llama a sus padres). "De alguna manera es algo lindo saber que todos están en casa", dice. "Es casi como una extraña pijamada virtual por un par de semanas en la que todos están en pijama en sus casas llamándose unos a otros. Es tierno de alguna manera."

Sin embargo no es inmune a los horrores del momento. "Intento no concentrarme demasiado en las noticias," confiesa. "Sino, no haces nada y te la pasas trepando por las paredes."

Por lo tanto, Rainbow está usando este tiempo para conectarse con fans vía online, tocar las nuevas pistas de Diamond y experimentar con algunos covers, incluyendo una canción sin nombre del drama de fantasía de Jim Henson, 1986, con David Bowie como un rey duende: Labyrinth, que él admite que tal vez no vea la luz del día, y "Neverending Story" de Limahl, que recientemente ha sufrido una resurrección debido a la tercera temporada de la serie de Netflix de ciencia ficción, Stranger Things.

"Eventualmente vamos a hacer el tour, pero mientras tanto hacemos pequeñas presentaciones en vivo en el estudio, en un ambiente casual y casi de práctica para que así la gente pueda escuchar las canciones y probar un poco de lo que está por llegar en un contexto distinto," dice Rainbow sobre los sets de streaming planeados. "Estamos realmente emocionados por ver como le resuena a la gente y como reaccionan. Es divertido mirar desde casa. Es como ver una bola de cristal en la pantalla de tu laptop."

En Diamonds, la continuación de Under Your Spell de 2017, The Birthday Massacre entra en un nuevo y oscuro portal de ensueño. Proyecta algo instintivamente mítico y misterioso desde el atmosférico inicio "Enter" hasta el enigmático y rítmico "Flashback", la pista bailable y "The Last Goodbye" y pasa por la neblinosa observación de estrellas que es la melodía de "Mirrors" y "Parallel World".

Es tan fácil perderse en en el sombrío paisaje de Diamonds que tal vez simplemente sea el album para el momento: un libro de cuentos cohesivos separados en nueve pistas que se filtra en nuestros sueños. "Hay un poquito de escapismo," observa Rainbow. "Es lo mismo que escaparse por una buena película o libro".

Después de 20 años, The Birthday Massacre (que también incluye a la vocalista Chibi, guitarrista lider Falcore, bajista Nate Manor, tecladista Owen y baterista Rhim) sigue reteniendo algo de las sensaciones místicas en sus letras, pero Rainbow admite que Diamonds es un album más personal para la banda. Raramente conceptualizando y sobrepensando su música, dejan las canciones abiertas a la interpretación para así evitar pintarse a si mismos en algún rincón.

"Parte de lo que encontramos divertido sobre escribir es ser más soñadores y surreales en nuestra forma de abordar las cosas," dice Rainbow. "Es más sobre tener la mescla y balance correctos de diferentes elementos y vibras entre canciones, musical o textualmente con el sonido o palabras que usamos. Es más un acercamiento artístico y menos un 'esto es sobre lo que trata la canción'."

Líricamente, escriben apropósito de forma fragmentada. "Tendemos a mesclar nuestra experiencia personal con referencias a la mitología y cultura pop, y escribirlo de forma que más o menos cuente una historia visual pero nada demasiado linear", explica Rainbow. "Nos gustan nuestras paradojas, metáforas y colores. Está este lenguaje de The Birthday Massacre que hemos desarrollado. Si yo explicara sobre que tratan las canciones, se desharía el secreto. Es casi como si estuvieramos escribiendo en código."

Trabajar en Diamonds por un año les dió tiempo para jugar con texturas y melodías y traer colaboraciones, incluyendo al antiguo bajista de TBM, O.E., quien contribuyo con melodías vocales y letras para varias pistas; Brett Carruthers de A Primitive Evolution; y Kevin James Maher de Fake Shark. Amir Derakh y Ryan Shuck de Julien-K, quienes iban a acompañas a The Birthday Massacre en el tour, también colaboraron en Diamonds. En Los Ángeles, la banda había empezado a experimentar con la música en el hogar de Shuck, y Derakh terminó grabando el solo en "Flashback"

"Hay un sonido suyo muy particular que nos gustó, y pensamos que quedaría muy bien por si mismo en esa canción", dice Rainbow, quien espera que las dos bandas puedan ir de gira tal como estaba planeado originalmente. "Fue genial ver como él trabajó con esa parte, sacando diferentes partes de ideas para el solo, cosiéndolas juntas y entonces tocándolas. Entonces vino el dilema: '¿Quién lo va a tocar en vivo?'"

El problema fue resuelto de forma inadvertida cuando el coronavirus alteró todo. Otoño es el momento predicto para reprogramar la gira, aunque Raibow dice "es difícil siquiera programar fechas ahora mismo, así que simplemente estamos acomodandonos de a poco. Lentamente va llegando. Todo está algo atascado en una parada por el momento, pero el mundo debe seguir girando."

El mundo de The Birthday Massacre se originó como una entidad que sus miembros crearon para celebrar sus intereses en común en una banda. Rainbow encuentra increible que hayan pasado más de 20 años desde que TBM se formara en 1999y debutara con Nothing and Nowhere en 2002. Pareciera haber pasado una vida entera (y así es). En el camino, The Birthday Massacre ha tenido cuatro títulos en los Billoboard 200, además de vender 243.000 unidades entre sus álbumes y conseguir 60.7 millones de streams en EE.UU, acorde a los datos de Niesel Music / MRC.

"Es insano porque todo empezó sin ningún tipo de agenda o plan real para hacer esto por tanto tiempo", dice él. "Simplemente era algo que hacíamos entre amigos para matar el tiempo, y fue algo que nos permitió poner todos nuestros intereses creativos bajo el mismo techo. Pensar que han pasado tantos años es bastante loco."

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 A Primitive Evolution (The Birthday Massacre) Shares New Video for “Ghost”

 A Primitive Evolution (The Birthday Massacre) Shares New Video for “Ghost”

  Alternative Rock Band A Primitive Evolution, fronted by The Birthday Massacre bassist Brett Carruthers, has released the official music video for “Ghost,” off of the band’s latest album, Becoming. Directed by Terra Joy McNerthney and produced by long time collaborator and friend Bailey Northcott, “Ghost” was originally www.mxdwn. Watch the video now! 

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A look into “Diamonds”

From Spill Magazine

While often exploring the lower octaves with minor chords and midnight dance beats, there is always a shining beacon of hope and light within.

An exciting series of dark and light moments that is a trademark of the band’s music, Diamonds explores themes of heartbreak to anguish and from lust to love. “Diamonds  is a current reflection of where Falcore, Chibi, and I are at creatively,” says guitarist Rainbow. “For my part, I think the lyrics are quite contemplative and philosophical. Underneath the surreal metaphors and imagery are some very raw and personal sentiments.”

Set apart from many of their post-punk contemporaries by their distinctive soaring synths and guitars that are paired with Chibi’s beautiful familiar and reassuring vocals, The Birthday Massacre have mastered the art of balance. Exploring the darker register of music and songwriting, their songs beg to peek into the depths and look inside, while at the same time, offering hope and joy… and with their pounding beats and rhythms, an invitation to dance.

From the epic and majestic opener “Enter” with its pounding bassline and soaring guitar textures to chugging guitars of “Run” to the propulsive beats of “Mirrors” to the atmospheric and contemplative closer “Parallel World,” Diamonds is a consistently cohesive album that highlights Falcore’s and Rainbow’s searing guitarwork, textured keyboards via Owen, and a solid rhythm section in drummer Rhim and bassist Nate Manor, all anchored by Chibi’s pristine and vibrant vocals.

“Throughout the writing process we had the opportunity to collaborate with some of our closest and dearest friends,” recalls Rainbow. “We did some writing sessions in L.A. with Amir Derakh and Ryan Shuck from the band Julien-K. The guitar solo on the track ‘Flashback’ was actually written and performed by Amir. We also worked with Brett Carruthers from the band A Primitive Evolution for much of the recording process. Kevin James Maher of Fake Shark also contributed some melodies and inspiration. And former member O.E. returned to contribute vocal melodies and lyrics throughout the record.”

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#RaeCarruth hired #HitmanBrett (Hitman Brett sounds familiar?) Watkins to Kill his #Babymother to allegedly avoid #childsupport. The victims mother has stated that she wants his son #Chancellor who has Severe #CerebralPalsy due to the not #treal complications of the early birth to have a relationship with Carruth but we all know camera talk, but Carruth is now out after serving his 17 year old sentence 🤦🏾‍♂️. Me personally Idk how he can look at that spitting image of himself and live with it if he did do it. #unknown https://www.instagram.com/p/BpPgkkknmRv/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=17g7orki1s8vk

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On the 18th of February, 2002, 54-year-old car dealership owner, Forrest "Butch" Bowyer, and his 12-year-old son, Brett, were kidnapped from their Phenix City, Alabama home by two bounty hunters, Michael David Carruth, and Jimmy Lee Brooks Jr.

The two men had observed that Butch carried a large amount of cash on him and came to his home pretending to be narcotics officers. Once they gained entry they demanded, at gunpoint, Butch get the $40,000 dollars in cash that he kept in his safe, and when he did, forced him and his son to get into a car.

They drove Butch and Brett 20 miles out of town, to a construction area where a new highway was being built. Once they got there and retrieved the cash from Butch, one of the men pulled out a knife and slit Butch's neck from ear to ear in front of his son. They then dumped him in a shallow grave.

Virmin # 1 Micheal David Carruth

Virmin #2 Jimmy Lee Brooks Jr

"Not one single time do I pass this area, where this occurred, that I don't think about that case." - Russell County Sheriff, Heath Taylor.

Only thing was, Butch wasn't dead, as the wound was not deep enough to sever any major arteries. He was clever and composed enough to pretend he was though, even when the men were laughing before they shot his son in the head and dumped the child's body right next to his own. They loosely covered the grave with dirt and left. Butch was laying next to his murdered son for 15 minutes.

He then began to claw his way out and uncovered Brett's body before slowly making his way down the highway and flagging a vehicle down, who contacted nearby police. Within minutes emergency services arrived, but the first thing Butch would state, even while holding his bloodied neck, was "They killed my boy, please go get him out of the ground."

Bowyer gave police a description of the men's car, which was stopped with Carruth at the wheel three days later. Butch Bowyer recognised the other man from seeing him around town and told the police his name.

Both men were arrested and charged shortly after. In the interrogation by Investigator Taylor, Brooks confessed, crying and saying "I had to shoot him…in the head." Brooks claimed Carruth was the mastermind and was only following his lead. A visibly sickened Judge sentenced the men to die for their heinous crimes, where they wait on Alabama's Death Row.

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Watch "2) Rae Carruth Trial: Testimony of Van Brett Watkins" on YouTube